Keyword: «pre-trial investigation»

The article discusses the importance of the relevance and effectiveness of the norms of federal legislation governing the implementation of procuratorial supervision of compliance with criminal procedural legislation during the conduct of preliminary investigations. The author analyses the legal basis for regulating the exercise of supervisory powers by the procuratorial authorities through the lens of the goals and objectives of procuratorial supervision. As a result, it was revealed that the problem of improving the legislation regulating the activities of procuratorial bodies to monitor compliance with criminal procedural norms is one of the most controversial in the theory of criminal procedure law.

The article is devoted to the key role of the investigator in the criminal process and the importance of the powers realized by him for ensuring law and order and protection of the rights of citizens. The author considers the main criminal procedural powers of the investigator, emphasizing the correlation of the function of preliminary investigation with the function of prosecution. Particular attention in the work is paid to the responsibility of the investigator, emphasizing the differentiation of liability measures depending on the degree of significance of negative consequences arising in the process of improper performance of the investigator's duties in the course of pre-trial proceedings.